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Aquarius Platinum plc is a Bermuda-registered and headquartered mining business. Aquarius is quoted on the London Stock Exchange, the Australian Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The Company also has a sponsored Level 1 ADR program in the United States. ==History== The company was established in 1920 as the ''Mount Monger Gold Mining company'' to exploit the Kalgoorlie goldfield.〔(International Directory of Company Histories, M Cohen, 1992 )〕 In 1984 it was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.〔 In 1995 it acquired ''Gemex Exploration & Mining Company'' and ''Randex Platinum Holdings'' and in 1996 it acquired ''Pacific Platinum'' so giving it control of the Kroondal Mine.〔 In 1998 the company entered into a strategic alliance with Impala Platinum Holdings.〔 The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in that year.〔 In 2003 the company entered into an agreement with Anglo Platinum to pool and share certain mining interests.〔(Anglo Platinum and Aquarius Platinum to jointly mine adjacent Rustenburg and Kroondal properties ) Anglo Platinum, 9 June 2003〕 In 2012, large scale mining protests across South Africa caused violent labour unrest and prompted the firm’s CEO, Stuart Murray, to resign. In February 2013, Aquarius appointed former Anglo American director Sonja de Bruyn Sebotsa to its board of directors. De Bruyn Sebotsa would also assume the role of chairperson of Aquarius’ local subsidiary Aquarius Platinum South Africa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aquarius Platinum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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